CVE-2023-34283 NETGEAR RAX30 USB Share Link Following Information Disclosure Vulnerability

What is CVE-2023-34283?

CVE-2023-34283 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in NETGEAR RAX30, published on 3 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NETGEAR RAX30 USB Share Link Following Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of symbolic links on removable USB media. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the router's web server to access arbitrary local files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-19498.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-34283?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Netgear Rax30 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2023-34283?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-34283 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2023-34283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-34283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in NETGEAR RAX30

• CVE-2025-44658 File upload in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-1327 Auth bypass in Netgear RAX30 (AX2400) Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-27852 Memory corruption in NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi6 Router Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-27853 Other in NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi6 Router Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-51635 NETGEAR RAX30 fing_dil Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fqw4-q36v-3c2h.